Every year winter comes as a surprise to the NHS
The annual NHS bed crisis occurs with tedious predictability. Yet winter has a strange habit of arriving at around the same time every year.
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Inquiry call over obesity death
Mental health charities have called for an independent inquiry following the death of a “beautiful young woman and daughter” who reached 26st in weight after she was isolated in a padded room at a specialist unit for seven years.
NHS strike: A walkout with a difference
The words strike and NHS are enough to send a shudder down the spine of any patient.
Cutting calories can beat dementia, says experts
A study suggests that men who normally eat 2,500 calories a day should cut back to around 2,000. Women used to 2,000 calories should aim at around 1,600.
The residential home that’s reinventing dementia care
Have you noticed there are no mirrors? asks Alastair Mulvie, at the end of an afternoon spent among dementia sufferers and their carers. As a so-called trained observer, Im ashamed to admit that the absence of mirrors had not struck me.
Nurses warn of mental health services strain
Staff cuts and bed shortages are leaving mental health services “under unprecedented strain”, says the nurses’ union.
Hand dryers ‘splatter’ users with bacteria, scientists warn
Modern hand dryers are much worse than paper towels when it comes to spreading germs, according to new University of Leeds research.
MPs to debate bill to repeal NHS ‘privatisation’ laws
MPs will debate a bill later which supporters say will roll back what they call the creeping privatisation of the NHS.
Complex jobs ‘may protect memory’
People with mentally taxing jobs, including lawyers and graphic designers, may end up having better memory in old age, research suggests.
Women bosses ‘more depressed’ than male counterparts
Women are more likely than men to display symptoms of depression when in a position of authority at work, according to US scientists.